Destiny 2 offers a paid level boost to Power Level 900 for your second and third character. But you really don’t need it. We’ll show you how to quickly reach the soft cap with your other guardians.
What’s the deal with the boost? After the release of the Shadowkeep expansion, it has been possible in Destiny 2 since October 15 to boost your second or third characters directly to Power Level 900, saving you the effort of leveling up.
However, the fun costs about 20€ per character and is only available after you have already reached or exceeded the soft cap of 900 with one of your guardians.
Find more information here: In Destiny 2 you can pay 20€ and be at Power Level 900
Freshly minted guardians might now be tempted to spend money for this shortcut. But is it worth it?
Is the boost worth it? Not really. Save your 20€ instead.
Because the boost only raises you to the soft cap of 900. If your goal is endgame, then the real journey begins here, and the true grind lies ahead.
Also, you can easily and quickly reach Power Level 900 with your other characters by other means – even if you have little time available. We will explain how.
How to quickly raise your other characters to Power Level 900 – completely for free
Essentially, there are 3 methods to quickly raise your second or third chars to 900.
Method 1 – Play the Game: As simple as it sounds, it is in principle also that simple.
The boost only becomes available once you have a character over Power Level 900. Taking the same starting situation and diving into the game with the second or third character, it will take a maximum of 2-3 hours until you reach Power Level 900.
Just grab the weapons with the highest Power Level from your main character and transfer them to the guardian you want to start with (or retrieve them from the vault after the introductory mission as soon as possible if you’re completely new). That alone should give you a significant push in Power Level. The boost is greater the higher the transferred equipment is.
Fight your way through the story and the tasks from Shadowkeep or the Free-to-Play version Destiny 2: New Light and you’ll soon be at 900. Because 900 is also the current soft cap of Destiny 2. This means that pretty much every piece of equipment and weapon you find will take you further in Power Level.
Method 2 – Vanguard or Crucible Tokens: If you are an experienced player or have already accumulated a stockpile of Vanguard or Crucible tokens with your main character, you can also accelerate leveling.
Transfer your strongest weapons to the desired character and head to Lord Shaxx or Commander Zavala, where you can exchange the tokens for reputation-boosting engrams. Given enough tokens, you can easily be at 900 within minutes.
Learn more about this method here: You can really speed up to Power Level 900 in Destiny 2 – if you want to
Method 3 – Leveling Equipment from the Collection: The third method works through leveling equipment from the collection as well as (additionally) through the Season Pass.
You will need some glimmer and weapon parts, which should not be a major issue given the progress of your main character. If you want to use the Season Pass, you will need at least level 10, but level 15 is better and level 20 is optimal. Ultimately, level 10 will also suffice.
Again, you should first transfer your strongest weapons to your second or third character – whether with the app or with the help of the vault. Navigate to the game menu, then to the collection. There, select armor and click on LEVELING at the bottom left.
Now acquire blue armor pieces from this collection. The first set will likely be well below your Power Level, but the second complete set will already give you a decent boost towards your average Power Level. Buy set pieces together until you’re no longer receiving higher items and delete excess items from your inventory.
Now you can either assist with one of the two methods above or access the rewards in the Season Pass (this works even with the free reward branch). There are armor pieces to collect every 5 levels. Once you reach level 10, you can now acquire 2 armor pieces from the Pass. But first, just grab one.
Continue leveling armor from the collection until you no longer make progress in power level. Then, get the next armor piece from the pass and repeat this process (up to 4x if you are at level 20).
This should already bring you quite close to 900, if not even higher. If you still lack a bit of power, then use one of the methods above (depending on resources) and you’ll be quickly at 900 – without spending a single extra cent.
What do you think? Is the level boost in Destiny 2 worth it? Or do you see it as a pure waste of money?
